J. Arnold Arbor. 35: 42 (1954) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Annual herb, 20–45 cm high, erect or ascending; branches densely covered with appressed hairs. Leaves densely appressed-hairy, apex obtuse, margins entire; rosette leaves oblanceolate to spathulate, 2–10 cm long, 2–15 mm wide; cauline leaves oblanceolate to oblong-elliptic. Bracts longer than sepals. Flowers on pedicels 1–2 mm long, elongating to c. 4 mm in fruit; sepals linear, 4–6 mm long, acute, elongating to c. 15 mm in fruit, hairy; corolla 6–7 mm long, white to cream, lobes oblong, 1–2 mm long, much shorter than tube; stamens inserted just below middle of corolla-tube. Mericarps 3–4 mm long, densely tuberculate, inner surface ridged, pale brown. Flowers Aug.–Feb.
*Brid, *CVU, *GipP, *Gold, *GGr, *HSF, *LoM, *MuF, *MuM, *NIS, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *Wim. Naturalised all States. Native to Europe. A widespread weed, mostly of disturbed places in drier parts of northern and western Victoria.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Murray Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Wimmera | present | naturalised | |
Bridgewater | present | introduced | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | naturalised | |
Murray Fans | present | naturalised | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | introduced | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Greater Grampians | present | introduced | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised |
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Western Australia |
Northern Territory |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |